Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Three
years ago, I created the “2012: Mayan Prophecy and the Shift
of Ages” DVD with Geoff Stray. With six months to go before
that fateful date, where are we?
In 2009, the 2012 phenomenon was different – in fact, the
world was different. At the time, we underlined that 2012 was
not about apocalyptic end times, but instead about social change,
specifically a change that had begun in 1993: the creation of
the global village and which was slowly maturing – or so
it seemed.
In June 2012, the world is a global village, but is also suffering
the effects – it is, it seems, acting like the proverbial
teenager. The first “village experiment” that began
in 2001, the Eurozone, is now fighting for its future. The international
banking community has pushed the world from a path of expansion
to one of austerity. Rich bankers got us into this mess, but it
are ordinary people that are as always paying the price. Life
in Greece is a true tragedy, most of which is not reported by
the foreign media.
The Eurozone stroke has made it clear that we are at a crossroads.
Trying to maintain the old system is simply impossible. Greece
might be expelled, or leave, but the larger question is whether
the rest of the zone is equally cancerous.
Interestingly, while all of this was happening, one of the larger
culprits in the banking crisis, the Royal Bank of Scotland, provided
over the summer solstice a scenario in which millions of people
in Britain had no access to their money. Whether it was the software
glitch they blamed or a sociological test, a money-less society
became a reality for a week across the United Kingdom for millions.
And despite hardship, everyone survived, there were no revolts,
and the government did not even have to intervene!
It is a signal that it can be different. At some point, the world
– reality – became dominated by a virtual structure
– money – which rose as the mechanism through which
we were handling social exchanges. Then it became the mechanism
for all exchanges. In recent decades, however, some have accumulated
money without any true social exchange or added-value and this
has led both to the troubles the world is facing, as well as,
let us not forget, the millions of people dying because some continents
have no money whatsoever and apparently humanity cannot rise above
the virtual money game to truly help them.
We are slaves of this virtual reality, which we take for real.
But this reality is collapsing all around us. And its engineers
– the banks and politicians – have lost control of
the monster. They try to bandaid a dead corpse and this will only
last a short while longer before this approach will become unsustainable.
What we need is a plan for the future. What no-one can offer is
a plan for the future, because everyone thinks from within the
confines of the money paradigm, and especially the stalemate in
which the money game has cornered itself. Meanwhile, politicians
are all about defending and stressing the importance of borders,
for it are those virtual lines on maps and landscapes that keep
them in their jobs.
Those of us with jobs, are largely dissatisfied and largely told
they should be happy they have a job, even though that job is
unchanging and unlikely to exchange in the years to come. There
are millions of unhappy people with no idea where the next step
will go or come from and spend eight hours daily in this soul-destroying
monotony. But they are unable to leave the game, because this
money game has made sure they can’t: loans, mortgages, paying
for children’s education and like are but one of several
binders that keep people financial prisoners. Prosperity as a
slogan now rings hollow and democracy the way it is experienced
is quickly following in its track.
There is a void in people’s life and in 2012, we feel it.
And it is far larger than the economy. There is a spiritual void.
A void that was created by a nihilistic science that refused to
explore the larger questions of life for the past several decades.
We need to go back to basics and create a world in which we invite
changes to make a better world. We should be thinking about redefining
a new world, based on the birth of the global village, but we
are wrapped up in fear as we are told that these austerity measures
are required for our own survival in this global village. Not
true. In fact, they are what is killing us. They are limiting
our chances of survival, or at least, halting us in our tracks,
indefinitely, until the spell of the “money charm”
is broken and we see reality the way it is. And realize we need
to define a new reality. And that is the true message of 2012
and it is happening in 2012, right now. The question is whether
we are making this a passive game or become active players.

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Philip Coppens is an author and investigative journalist, ranging from the world of politics to ancient history and mystery. He co-hosts The Spirit Revolution radio show with his wife Kathleen McGowan and is a frequent contributor to NEXUS Magazine and Atlantis Rising Magazine. Since 1995, he has lectured extensively and has appeared in a number of television and DVD documentaries, including Ancient Aliens: The Series (The History Channel). He is the author of nine English-language books, including The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel, The New Pyramid Age, Servants of the Grail,Killing Kennedy, The Cryptogram of Rennes-le-Chateau, The Ancient Alien Question and The Lost Civilization Enigma.